Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts18. Registration of fishing vessels
(1) Subject to this Act, a person shall not use a vessel for any purpose in relation to which a licence or a permit is required under this Act unless the vessel is registered.
Penalty: If the vessel is a foreign boat - $100,000 or imprisonment for 3 years.
In any other case - $20,000 or imprisonment for 2 years.
(1A) The Director may, by notice in the Gazette , direct that subsection (1) does not apply to a vessel used for the purposes of a licence of a type specified in the notice.
(2) An application for registration shall be made to the Director on an approved form and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee (if any).
(3) An approved form under subsection (2) shall, at the least, make provision for the applicant's name and an address for service.
(4) A registered vessel shall be deemed not to be registered during any period it, or a vessel (being a tender) that is not required under section 19(2) to be registered, is not marked in the prescribed manner.
(5) A registered vessel marked in the prescribed manner is exempt from any other requirement of a law of the Territory to mark the vessel.